Theologian and thirteenth general of the Society of Jesus; b. at Arganda, Spain, January 18, 1624; d. at Rome, October 27, 1705. He entered the Society of Jesus March 3, 1643, and taught philosophy and theology

Tradition (Greek paradosis) in the ecclesiastical sense--which is the only one in which it is used here--refers sometimes to the thing (doctrine, account, or custom) transmitted from one generation to another, sometimes to the organ or mode of the transmi

The common name by which the Cistercians who follow the reform inaugurated by the Abbot de Rance (b. 1626; d. 1700) in the Abbey of La Trappe, were known; and often now applied to the entire Order of Reformed Cistercians

A time frequently chosen for prayer or for other devout practices, whether by individuals in private, or in public by congregations or special organizations in parishes, in religious communities, seminaries, or schools

I. Dogma of the Trinity; II. Proof of the Doctrine from Scripture; III. Proof of the Doctrine from Tradition; IV. The Trinity as a Mystery; V. The Doctrine as Interpreted in Greek Theology; VI. The Doctrine as Interpreted in Latin Theology.

A collective name which, since about the close of the Middle Ages or a little later, has been applied to texts of great variety (in both poetry and prose) written for the purpose of amplifying and embellishing an independently complete liturgical text

A relation which holds (1) between the knower and the known--Logical Truth; (2) between the knower and the outward expression which he gives to his knowledge--Moral Truth; and (3) between the thing itself, as it exists, and the idea of it, as conceived by

A vestment shaped like a sack, which has in the closed upper part only a slit for putting the garment over the head, and, on the sides, either sleeves or mere slits through which the arms can be passed